Re: [Fink-users] feature request (was: upgrade from 0.3.1 to 0.3.2a)

[Jeremy H. <jh...@ip...>]

On 20/3/02 3:01 PM, "Rich Ramos" <me@RichRamos.com> wrote:

> 
>>> 
>>> bitchx is only in unstable, correct?  I do not have unstable in my fink.conf
>>> file, correct?  Yet it still shows up in fink list.
>>> 
>>> -Rich
>> 
>> No, bitchx is in fact in the stable distribution. I am not sure whether it
>> was included in the stable (binary) distrubution when the latest version of
>> Fink was released, or whether it was added to stable sometime after. Since
>> you updated your packages from CVS, this is then reflected in your Fink
>> installation.
> 
> According to the web page it is only in unstable:
> http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/bitchx
> 
> How are the webpages, that tell you what version it is in, maintained?
> 
> When running apt-get I can't install it, so the binary is not there.
> [/sw/etc] root# apt-get install bitchx
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> E: Couldn't find package bitchx
> 
> -Rich

OK. That web page is (presumably) for the current stable (binary)
distribution. The version of fink and the fink packages on your computer is
newer than the current stable distribution because you have updated it via
CVS.

Apt-get cannot find a binary package for bitchx because it doesn't exist
yet. Once Max Horn deems Fink ready for a new release, binaries of all the
stable (CVS) packages will be made, and added to the Sourceforge servers, so
that when you use dselect or apt-get, you can download and install the
binary packages. (Same goes with the web page).

Sorry if this wasn't particularly clear. If you haven't already, it may be
an idea to read the Documentation and FAQ, and if you have already, maybe
this sort of information should be included in it! :)

HTH.